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Bring All Your Values to the Table

Debra Forman

How to leverage all your values for greater success.

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Law Firm Financial Impropriety

Ed Poll

Funds can come up missing in any law firm, and the cause can be intentional theft that qualifies as fraud or embezzlement, or an unintentional mistake that shows poor judgment.

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WHY GENERAL COUNSEL LEAVE THEIR LAW FIRMS

Allan Colman

Results from our U.S./Canada Client Retention Survey - in a video/animation format.

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Ins and Outs of Business Development

[email protected], Allan Colman

The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid." - Thomas Kempis

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e-Discovery 3.0: Preparing for a New Era of Forensic Collections Image

e-Discovery 3.0: Preparing for a New Era of Forensic Collections

Greg Cancilla

When a corporation involved in a high-profile lawsuit last year wanted to find an incriminating text message that a former employee intentionally deleted from his mobile phone, its legal team did not conduct a nationwide manhunt for the sender's device or subpoena his wireless carrier. In the modern era of high-tech litigation, the company's forensic specialists simply used the UFED Touch Ultimate data extraction, decoding and analysis tool from Israel-based Cellebrite Ltd.

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Using an Online Deadline Management System To Reduce Risk

Troy Rackham

Managing deadlines is a critical part of every law practice. Missed deadlines are frequently one of the most common reasons lawyers get sued or their clients file grievances.

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Why Lawyers Need to Write Less Like Marshall and More Like MapQuest

Steven D. Stark

Though we tend to think that good writing never changes, writing in many parts of the legal and business worlds has probably changed more in the last decade than in any comparable period over the last five centuries. Those who fail to adapt will pay the consequences.

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Who Should Be Partner in a Post-Recession Profession?

James D. Cotterman

Partnerships are viable and sustainable only if there is a consistent and sufficient earnings stream to attract talent to the firm. This is accomplished when all timekeepers are personally productive and profitable.

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Professional Development: Using Social Media to Advance Your Careers and Build Business Image

Professional Development: Using Social Media to Advance Your Careers and Build Business

Rich Klein

Lawyers who are looking to advance their careers and who want to build business should not underestimate the power of using social media to raise their visibility.

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Leadership in the Law: Bring All Your Values to the Table

Debra Forman

If you are not perceived the way you want to be perceived and are not reaching the goals you have set out to meet, you want to re-evaluate your values and determine if your personal brand needs to be tweaked, revamped or potentially overhauled.

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